Pipe and cigarette lighter



Dec. 23, 1952 PAlGE PIPE AND CIGARETTE LIGHTER INVENTOR BYRON L. PAIGE BYMW Qn/LYfwaJnw in use. plication is to be used for lighting a pipe, the

Patented Dec. 23, 1952 YUNITED PATENT OFF-ICE PIPE AND CIGARETTE LIGHTER isyronih rai e, Fort sin, 'Okla. Application January 31, 1950, ser'ia1No-.-141,4s0

This invention relatesto-a pipeand cigarette lighter, and more particularly, to a lighter hav- -ing'a pipe bowl cover plate adapted to be collapsed and neatly storedwhen not in use.

-In my copending application, Seria1"No/79,085, filed March 1,1949, there is disclosed a pipe and cigarette lighter having as a component part a detachable annular fiange which covers the periphery of the pipe bowl so as to concentrate and intensify the flame drawn downward into the tobacco. In the form of the invention disclosed in said copending application, the annular flange or pipe bowl cover plate is manually removed from the operative position and is attached to the body of the lighter when not When the lighter of said cop'endin'gappipe bowl cover plate must be manually disengaged from its stored location on the body of the lighter and then manually attached to thelighter body in its operative or use position.

A primary object of the present invention is to provide a lighter having a pipe bowl cover means which is collapsed and stored within the lighter when not in use and which is automatically moved to an operative position when the lighter is conditioned for use, thereby avoid- :ing the manual detaching and applying steps necessary in the lighter disclosed in my said copending application.

A furtherobject of the present invention is to provide a lighter having an'elongated chimney within which one or more wicksmay be disposed to provide a flame which maybe sucked downwardly into a pipe bowl in combination with a pipe bowl cover means which may be quickly and easily moved into operative position adjacent the discharge end of the chimney and just as easily moved to a stored position Within the lighter.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a lighter having apipe-bowl cover plate 7 formed of a plurality of segments each pivoted to the lighter body and anouter casing slidabl'y mounted on thelighter body and adapted to move said segments to a collapsed Storedposition when the casing is manually moved to a closed position on the lighterbody.

'A further object is to provide in a lighter having a chimney extending therethrough and exposed to theatmosphere at both ends, a casing slidably mounted on the body so as to 'seal ofi "thechininey -from the atmosphere, and a 'collapsible pipe bowl cover means adapted to be collapsed and stored between the lighter-"body.

.ven-tion may be embodied:

Figure l is a side elevational view o'fhlihe lighter applied to a pipe bowl, the front side tear-ms. (or. 67-11) and the outer casing when the latter is moved to aclosed'or chimney sealing position.

- Additional objects and'advantages of themvention will appear as the, description proceeds.

In the drawings accompanying this specification and illustrating one form in Which'the inwall of the chimney being partially broken away to show the-relative locations of the pipe bowl, the cover means,-the Ven'turi tube and one of the pair of wicks.

Figure -2-is a perspective view of the lighter showing the casing in the operative, non-sealing or open positionand the segmentsof ithe pipe bowl cover plate in extended operative relation.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the lighter showingthe outer casing in the closed or chimney sealing .position, an end wall of the outer casing being partially broken away to showthe cover plate segments in collapsed or stored position. Figure 4 is an end elevational view of the lighter partially "broken away to show the stored position of the collapsed cover plate segments, the dash-dot lines showing the position of the lighter body and the segments when "the body has been moved upwardly with respect 'to the outer casing.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 5--5 of Figure '4, and'l 'ig'ure 6 is a sectional view takenon the line 6-6 of --Figure 4.

The lighter comprises, generally, ab'ody'l'l and an outer casing 12 which are constructed substantially similar to the construction disclosed in my said copending application, Serial No. 79,085, except as to several immaterial details.

Therefore, the body [I and casing l2 are shown and described in the 'presentliapplication' "only to the extent necessary'to disclose the "mode of cooperation of the new form of pipe bowl cover plate with'the lighter.

'The lighter body I I comprises 'afuel container l3, having an interior I4 filled with .cotton adapted to be saturated with fuel, asb'esrseen in Figure 5. An inner casing 15 surrounds the "fuel container 13 and'hastwo parallelside walls "I6 and I1 extending 'from'tliefcontainer13. 'A third wan 18 "joins'the ends of the Walls 'I'G'and ll, whereb'ythe walls l6,'.|1,"IB'form a chimney.

TheTuel container 13 has a portion which'extends to ithe chimney wall l 8 so as to. form an endwall 19 for the chimney. The chimneyend wall I9 has a circular opening 29 therethrough. A Venturi tube 2I is secured to the end wall I9 and has a converging entrance portion 22 communicating with the interior of the chimney and a diverging exit portion 23 in communication and in alignment with the opening 29 in the end wall I9. It will thus be seen that the draft drawn downwardly through the chimney and into the pipe bowl can leave the chimney only through the Venturi tube 2| and the opening 29 in the chimney end wall I9.

The end of the chimney 24, opposite the end having the Venturi tube 2 I, is substantially open and relatively exposed to the atmosphere, as shown more clearly in said copending application. 'As seen in Figure 6, a first wick 25 projects from the fuel container I3 into the chimney adjacent the relatively open end 24 of the chimney. .A second wick projects into the chimney adjacent the entrance portion 22 of the Venturi tube 2|. A manually operable thumb wheel 21 and a flint wheel 28 are rotatably mounted adjacent the first W 25 on a bracket member 29 in the conventional manner well-known in the art. The chimney wall I7 is provided with a plurality of ventholes IT extending therethrough, as more particularly described in my said copending ap- Q plz'cation.

The outer casing I2 is formed of four parallel side walls 39 and a bottom wall 3I. One of the side walls 39 has a rectangular slot 32 extending to. the edge 33 and a second slot 34 having arcuate ends 35 and 35. The outer casing I2 is slidable with respect to the lighter body I I, and the slot 32 provides clearance for the thumb wheel 21. A thumb screw 38 is threadably secured within a fuel refilling opening (not shown) extending through the fuel container I3. The thumb screw 38 extends through the slot 34 and in addition to limiting the relative sliding movement of the lighter body II and the casing I2 by abutting against the arcuate ends 35, 36 of the slot 34, also enables the operator to cause said relative sliding movement of the lighter body II and the casing I2. The hand of the operator grasps the casing I2 with his thumb placed on the thumb screw 38 and it will be obvious that by moving the thumb screw 38 relative to the casing I2, the latter may be moved with respect to the lighter body II either to the operative or open or nonsealing position shown in Figures 1 and 2, or to the closed or inoperative position shown in Figures 3 and 4. In the operative position, the ends of the chimney are unsealed and the lighter is ready for use; whereas, in the closed position, the ends of the chimney are sealed off from the atmosphere by the outer casing I2 so as to prevent undue evaporization of the fuel from the wicks 25, 25.

The pipe bowl cover means is formed of two segments 39 and 40. Each of the segments comprises a semi-annular portion, indicated at M and 42 respectively, and a shank portion indicated at 43 and 44 respectively, as best shown in Figure 4.

As best seen in Figures 2 and 3, the inner casing I is provided with an end wall 45 spaced from the adjacent end wall 46 of the fuel container I3. As shown in Figures 4 and 5, a pivot pin 41 is fixedly secured to the end wall 46 of the fuel container I3 and projects into the space between the walls 45 and 45. The lower ends of the shanks 43, 44 of the cover plate segments 39, 49 are provided with bearing portions 48. The bearing portion 48 of the shank 43 is rotatably mounted 0n the pivot pin 4! adjacent the wall 46, and the bearing portion 48 of the shank 44 is rotatably mounted on the pin 41 between the wall 45 and the bearing portion 48 of the shank 43. It will thus be seen that in the collapsed relation of the segments 39, 49, as viewed in Figures 3 and 4, the segments 39, 49 will be in superimposed relation, the segment 49 being on top of segment 39.

As shown in Figure 4, a spring 49 has its opposite ends 59, 5I secured to the shanks 43, 44 respectively. The spring 49 is under fiexural stress and biases the segments 39, 49 so that they will be subjected to a constant torque tending to pivot them about the pin 41 outwardly toward the extended or operative position of the segments as shown in Figure 2. The inner casing I5 is provided with abutment means 59 which act as stops so as t limit the outward pivotal movement of the segments 39, 49 to the operative position or relation shown in Figure 2.

When the segments 39, 49 are moved outwardly by'the spring biasing means 49 to the operative position shown in Figure 2, the semi-annular sections 4 I, 42 cooperate to form a flat, substantiallycircular pipe bowl cover plate having a circular opening therethrough of approximately the same size as, and in alignment with, the opening 29 in the chimney end wall I9.

The operation of the device will now be briefly described: The lighter is normally carried in the pocket of the user in the closed position shown in Figure 3. As seen in Figure 4, it will be obvious that the walls 39 of the outer casing I2 engage against the outer arcuate peripheral surfaces of the semi-annular sections 4!, 42 so as to move the segments 49 together in a collapsed relation when the casing I2 is in the closed or inoperative position on the lighter body I I. When it is desired to light a pipe, as at P in Figure l, the operator grasps the outer casing I2 in the palm of his hand and actuates the thumb screw 39 so as to move the lighter body II with respect to the outer casing I2 to the open or operative position shown in Figures 1 and 2. When the casing I2 is in the operative position, the spring means 49 will bias the segments 39, 49 outwardly to their extended or operative position shown in Figure 2. The lighter is then placed over the bowl B of the pipe P, as shown in Figure 1, the plate formed by the semi-annular cover plate sections 4!, 42 covers the openin in the pipe bowl B so that the interior of the bowl B may communicate with the atmosphere only through the opening 20, Venturi tube 2I, and the chimney of the lighter. By thus sealing off the opening of the pipe bowl, the total force of the draft created by sucking on the pipe P will be exerted through the chimney so as to result in a maximum draft for the wicks 25, 26 and a large intensified wind-protected flame drawn through the Venturi tube 2I into the pipe bowl B.

The outer ends of the semi-annular sections M, 42 are beveled as shown at 59, 5! respectively. When the lighter is no longer to be used, the outer casing I2 is moved to the closed position and the walls 39 of the casing I2 will coact with the arcuate peripheral edges of the sections M, 42 so as to pivot said sections together into the collapsed or stored position shown in Figures 3 and 4. The beveled edges 59, 5I enable segment 40 to be moved over and in superimposed relation with respect to segment 39 at the beginning of the closing or collapsing movement of the segments,

It is to be understood that the specific embodi- 5 ment of the invention shown and described in the drawings and specification is merely illustrative of one form which the invention may take, the scope of the invention being delineated in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A lighter comprising a body having a chimney extending therethrough and communicating with the atmosphere at both ends, a wick projecting into said chimney, a pipe bowl cover means at one of said ends, said cover means comprising a plurality of segments having semi-annular sections cooperating to form a circular opening in an operative position, and means for movably mounting said segments on said body whereby the segments may be slidably moved as desired either to a collapsed position or to an operative position.

2. A lighter comprising a body having two ex tending side walls and a third side wall joined therewith to form a chimney, an end wall at one end of the chimney and having an openin therethrough, a, wick projecting into the chimney, a pipe bowl cover means at said one end of the chimney, said cover means comprising a plurality of segments movably mounted on said body to either a collapsed or an operative relation, said segments when in said operative relation coacting to form a segmented plate lying flat against said end Wall, and said plate having a hole therethrough of substantially the same size and shape as and in alignment with said end wall opening.

3. The combination set forth in claim 2 wherein said segments are mounted for pivotal movement on said body.

4. A lighter as set forth in claim 2 having a second wick projecting into said chimney and spaced longitudinally of the chimney from said first-recited wick.

5. A lighter as set forth in claim 2 having a Venturi tube including an entrance portion communicating with the interior of the chimney and a discharge portion communicating with the atmosphere through said chimney end wall openmg.

6. A lighter comprising a body having a chimney extendin therethrough and communicating with the atmosphere at both ends, a casing slidably mounted on said body, a wick projecting into said chimney, a pipe bowl cover means at one of said ends, said cover means comprising a plurality of segments, means biasing said segments toward one of their two positions, and means on said casing and coacting with said segments for moving said segments against the force of said biasing means in response to movement of the casing.

7. A lighter comprising a body having a chimney extending therethrough and communicating with the atmosphere at both ends, a casing slidably mounted on said body, a wick projecting into said chimney, a pipe bowl cover means at one of said ends, said cover means comprising a plurality of segments, means on said casing coacting with said segments for moving said segments from a collapsed position to an operative position and from an operative to a collapsed position in response to movement of said casing, said segments when in operative position cooperating to form a fiat segmented plate lying in a plane perpendicular to the axis of said chimney, said plate having a hole therethrough whereby on end of said chimney may communicate with the atmosphere through said hole.

8. A lighter comprising a body having two extendin side walls and a third side wall joined therewith to form a chimney, an end wall at one end of the chimney and having an opening therethrough, a wick projecting into the chimney, a pipe bowl cover means at-said one end of the chimney, said cover means comprising a plurality of segments, spring means biasing said segments away from each other, and abutment means on said body for limiting the spring biased pivoted movement of said segments to positionswhereifi the segments are in operative relation, and means on said casing causing said segments to move to ward each other to their collapsed relation in response to movement of said casing in one direction relative to said body, said casing having means for sealing off the chimney from the atmosphere when said casing has been moved in one direction to a predetermined position.

9. A lighter as set forth in claim 8 wherein said casing has a Wall adjacent, spaced from and parallel to said chimney end wall, and wherein when said casing has been moved to said predetermined position said collapsed segments are disposed entirely within the space between said casing wall and said chimney end Wall.

BYRON L. PAIGE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,961,983 Pirrone June 5, 1934 2,293,225 Terrill Aug. 18, 1942 2,543,798 Paige Mar. 6, 1951 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 347.209 Germany Jan. 16. 1922 

